


The Third Reich - by some accounts, captured Soviet steel breastplates came to supply the German army also Germany, in limited quantities (only for parts of the SS, mostly assault squads), produced similar breastplates.Įstimates of the plates' performance from front-line soldiers were mixed, receiving both positive and negative feedback.Poland - Soviet steel cuirass entered service of the 1st Polish Army (as of Octothere were 1000 pieces).USSR - steel breastplates SN-42 began to arrive in the army in 1942 and were later used during World War II.This redesign received the name SN-46.īy modern standards, they are roughly equivalent to a Class II vest.
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Following the adoption of the Wehrmacht on the supply of 9mm cartridges, the cartridge code R.08 mE (German: mit Eisenkern), with a bullet with mild steel (iron) core, required the thickness to be increased to 2.6 mm for the chest plate (2.5 - 2.7 mm). The steel breastplates along with the conventional steel SSh-40 helmets equipped the assault engineers and demining brigades of the Supreme Command Reserve Stavka, for which they are sometimes called "tubular infantry." Breastplate SN-42 was designed to protect against bayonet attacks, small fragments of shrapnel, and 9mm pistol bullets with lead cores, providing protection against fire from an MP-38/ 40 submachine gun from close range, but were useless against rifle rounds such as 7.92×57mm Mauser. It protected an area measuring 0.2 square meters. SN-42, made of 2 mm steel 36SGN, the tolerances 1.8 - 2.2 mm, weight of Chest 3.3 - 3.5 kg.Several models were created the number indicates the year of development:

This armor was supplied to SHISBr (assault engineers). It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin. The native Cyrillic abbreviation for the vest was "СН", the Cyrillic letters Es and En. Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. Steel breastplate, breastplate of steel in Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle museum.
